The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

he population.
Among the wonderful results from
The use of natural gas at Pittsburgh are
exquisitely beautiful objects of glass
ware, which have found market in
Europe--Boston Budget.
A pleasant English custom is the
opening of horticultural shows in pub
lie gardens. While visitors gaze ct the
flowers band entertains sightsecrs
with sweet sounds. Chicago Tribune.
One Way of Looking at TT
don't see how the Briggses ever got
along SO well as they have. They are
not at all suited to one another"
III m; perhaps if they had been. they
wouldn't have got along so we'll"
Fear and Imagination produce hy-
drOphobia, according to a London ply
sician. If that is the case it would be
well to assure your dog that all he has
to do after being bitten is to keep a
stiff upper lip and put the curb on his
imagination.
mo. SIR" exclaimed Lawler, rs he
closed big book he had been studying
for half an hour, Its just as 1 said.
The word pneumonia is an imported
word. 1t isn't in the dictionary. I've
looked all through the M" ~ Y
| Herald.
"A Boston eight-year-old was draw
ing pictures at school the other day,
and drew pig. After the work of
art was completed to his satisfaction
the youngster wrote beneath it: This
IS domestic animal; he is called pig
because he is so SELFISH
One of the hardest sort of people
was asked TO subscribe to some worthy
object. Il can't" he replied; 81 must
be just before lam generous" 'Well,"
said the cue who made the request,
''let me know just before you are gem
erous, and I'll try you" ."-Tcras SJt-
ingS.
If it takes boy twenty-five min
utes 10 cut three sticks of wood to get
supper By, how long will it take him
next morning TO walk three miles in
the country to meet circus coming 70
town. WcSter7a Rural
An average of 60, 900 yards of hotel
carpets is sold in New York at auction
every season. Some hotels make car
pet last three years, and others pur-
chase new carpets every year. From
these partly-worn carpets secord-class
hotels and boarding houses make a
choice.
-DeadwoOd claims to be the great
est Chinese town in the country. The
MOngols have drowned out opposition
in the washee business; they compete
successfully in the silk, tea and other
lines. run restaurants, raise pigs and
chickens and patronize opium dives and
joss houses. Chicago Herald
Though much less than in the ocean.
the tides in the Mediterranean are
quite noticeable. Along the coast near
the Maritime Alps they range from four
to ten inches. At Gibralter. however,
and in the Gulf of Gabcs they rise to
from sixty to eighty inches: at Trieste
to nearly thirty inches; and at Venice
to about twenty inches.
The extensive sandy desert known
as the Registrar. in the central part of
Afghanis:an, is moving steadily year
by year in a northeasterly direction,
and calculations have been made which
indicate that at its present rate of prog
rocS II will O,-aru-l,n ,nl,,, soma cf IL, -.
fertile and prosperous portions of the
country in the course of q few thousand
years. The movement of the sand is
supposed to be caused wholly by the
action of the wind.-N T. Ledger.
Fifty years ago, when James and
Israel Adams were eight and thirteen
years old, their parents, who lived in
Shawan, Md, died, and the BOYS were
separated to live with relatives. The
other day James. who is now a business
man in Philadelphia. learned that Israel
was in Pikesville, NIL. and he went
there and saw him. The meeting of
the long-separated brothers is said to
have been atlecting.-N y Sun.
DR.. LivingStonc's faithful servant.
Susi, who, with Chuma, brought the
body of their trusted leader half way
across Africa, that it might rest in his
native land, has recently been baptized
by member of the Universities mis-
sion. SuSi received the name of David
in baptism, in memory of the noble man
who first taught him what it was to be
Christian.
Faithful Pastor--"A minister's life
is very hard one." Parishioner-
"Why, there are only two sermons q
week to write and" 80, l don't
mind sermon-writing; that's easy
enough. But my duties require fire.
quent visits to the homes of every MEM
bcr of the congregation. and just think
of the strain of my conscience" Con
science?" ''Yes. am expected to ad-
mire all the new babies. Omaha
World.
One of the most recent of inventions
is the chirocycle. a machine designed to
take the place of velocipedes and other
vehicles for children. 1t is propelled by
q crank and is far more durable and
useful. it is said, than the bicycle. A
factory for its manufacture has recently
been established at Oxford. Mass. The
topographometer, which records auto
matically the Typography and difference
oflevel of all places over which it passes,
is a recent invention of Partisan.
An old darky near Abbeville, Ga,
recovered the body of drowned man